4-9-17 6:03 PM EST: "At Appomattox, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War. Forced to abandon the Confederate capital of Richmond, blocked from joining the surviving Confederate force in North Carolina, and harassed constantly by Union cavalry, Lee had no other option.

4-7-17 9:24 AM EST: Let's get up to speed on the events of last evening. U.S. Navy ships launched 59 Tomahawk missles. These were highly precise targeted strikes. Russia was given a heads-up warning. The chemical stockpiles themselves were not targeted. Russia did not activate their air defense systems, and the airfield where the U.S. says those chemical weapons attacks came from were rendered unusable.

3-15-17 4:11 PM EST: Brian Mast is a House Representative from Florida. He also served in the U.S. Army and..."Mast enlisted in the Army in 1999 upon graduation from high school and became an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician, defusing bombs. He served in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. On September 19, 2010, while clearing a path for United States Army Rangers in Kandahar, he took a wrong step into an IED along the road. The explosion resulted in the amputation of both his legs and one of his fingers.' (Wiki)

4-6-17 10:20 AM EST: This was pretty cool! Many Congress persons, Flag Officers from all 5 military branches, and wounded warriors were gathered in the White House a little earlier today for a Wounded Warrior Project Special Event. The annual bike ride (Motorcycles).

4-2-17 1:24 PM EST: Douglas MacArthur was born January 26, 1880 and lived until April 5, 1964. "He was an American five-star general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines Campaign, which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur, Jr., the first father and son to be awarded the medal.

4-2-17 9:45 AM EST: "In 1962, President Kennedy established SEAL Teams ONE and TWO from the existing UDT Teams to develop a Navy Unconventional Warfare capability. The Navy SEAL Teams were designed as the maritime counterpart to the Army Special Forces “Green Berets.” They deployed immediately to Vietnam to operate in the deltas and thousands of rivers and canals in Vietnam, and effectively disrupted the enemy’s maritime lines of communication.